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Nature reserve · Nebraska

Sandpiper State Wildlife Management Area

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Elevation, modelled: 505 m
Nearest byway: Heritage Highway24.2 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 21:06local time
Coordinates: 40.4997, -97.7145

Sandpiper State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Sandpiper State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Nebraska, at a modelled 505 m. The nearest named place is Weis Waterfowl Production Area, a nature reserve 3.3 miles away. Heritage Highway passes 24 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles.

On the road

24.2 mi off the Heritage Highway

Around it

84 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves39

Weis Waterfowl Production Area: 3.3 mi
Mallard Haven National Waterfowl Production Area: 3.9 mi
Krause Lagoon National Waterfowl Production Area: 4.6 mi
Mallard Haven National Waterfowl Production Area: 4.7 mi
Rauscher Lagoon National Waterfowl Production Area: 6.5 mi

Parks33

Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery Historical Marker: 7.1 mi
Sutton City Park: 10.7 mi
Moger Lagoon National Wildlife Mgt Area: 14.5 mi
Smith Lagoon Natl Wildlife Mgt Area: 14.6 mi
Meadowlark Federal Waterfowl Production Area: 15.0 mi

Museums4

Fillmore County Museum: 11.6 mi
Thayer County Museum: 18.8 mi
Tobias Community Historical Museum: 20.7 mi
Heritage Room Museum: 20.7 mi

Historic sites4

Bruning Army Airfield: 18.3 mi
Forty-Niner Trail Historical Marker: 18.8 mi
Frager Field: 19.2 mi
Indian Raids Historical Marker: 22.0 mi

Rest areas2

York Rest Area Eastbound: 22.5 mi
York Rest Area Westbound: 23.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Sawyer: 12.0 mi

Artworks1

Crossing the Plains Sculpture: 23.8 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:35	19:07	19:43
June solstice	06:01	20:24	21:06
September equinox	07:19	18:54	19:30
December solstice	07:52	16:24	17:08

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	27	31	42	53	63	73	76	74	67	55	41	30
Precip in	0.6	0.6	1.4	2.3	4.9	4.1	3.6	3.6	2.9	2.1	1.2	0.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Geneva, 7 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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